Café Stefanie

The Café Stefanie was an artist in Munich at the local corner Amalienstraße / Theresa Street in Maxvorstadt at the turn of the 20th century. It was a meeting place for the Schwabing Bohème and was close to the cabarets and Simplicissimus " The Eleven Executioners ". In addition to the café of the West in Berlin and the Griensteidl in Vienna it was one of the most important artists meeting and was named like this " Café Megalomania ".

At that time it was one of the few places in Munich, which could be open to three clock.

Patrons or regular guests during their Munich - stays were: Johannes R. Becher, Hanns Bolz, Hans Carossa, Theodor Däubler, Kurt Eisner, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Leonhard Frank, Otto Gross, Emmy Hennings, Arthur Holitscher Count Eduard von Keyserling, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin, Gustav Landauer, Heinrich Mann, Gustav Meyrink, Erich difficulty, Erwin Piscator, Alexander Roda Roda, Ernst Toller, B. Traven and Frank Wedekind. The head of the regulars was Major August Hoffmann von Vestenhof, at his chess table in the next room right behind everyone gathered for the games.

A part of the furniture of the Café Stefanie is now at the " Turmstüberl " of Valentin- Karlstadt- Musäum